It would be interesting if it were photo shopped because I have seen that picture SO many places (although never with green trunks...just the black as seen here I think). I have however seen a lot of weird edits of Michael that were clear photo shopped pictures that honestly bother me because, as you said in the thread above, was Michael not sexy enough as he was? Why change him? I don't get it. Though I'm not like deeply offended or anything, I just mostly am bothered imagining someone thinking they could improve upon his appearance with doing those kinds of edits, you know?
I really would be shocked if this particular picture turned out to be photoshopped because it looks very real to me. But I suppose it is always possible! There was a period of time when it seemed like all the Jackson boys were very into their abs haha so it woudn't surprise me if Michael was too. To be honest, he is someone I'd sort of expect to have more defined abs simply because of the amount of constantly activity in his life and obvious core strength (I say all of this as someone with non-existant core strength who does 90% of my work on a computer and thus not moving lol).
Anyway, I would be very disappointed if this was photoshopped, mostly because it would have circulated fan communities quite extensively. But Michael was sexy no matter what his form actually looked like
But Good lord, this photo really blows up my world lol
And I am happy my enthusiastic replies are entertainment enough even when the pictures themselves aren't your thing